Ezekiel

English

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Alternative forms

• Ezek. (book of the Bible)

Etymology

Hebrew יְחֶזְקֵאל ‎(“God strengthens”).

Proper noun

Ezekiel

1. A book of the Old Testament of the Bible.
2. A prophet mentioned in the Bible and in the Quran.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), Ezekiel 1:3::

     The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.

3. A male given name of biblical origin. First used by 17th century Puritans; rare today.

Related terms

• Ezekiel bread
• Zeke

Translations

book of the Bible

• Arabic: حِزْقِيَال m ‎(ḥizqiyāl)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 以西結書, 以西结书 ‎(ji⁵ sai¹ git³ syu¹)

  Hakka: 以西結書, 以西结书 ‎(Yî-sî-kiet-sû)

  Mandarin: 以西結書 (zh), 以西结书 (zh) ‎(Yǐxījiéshū)

  Min Dong: 以西結書, 以西结书 ‎(Ī-să̤-giék-cṳ̆)

• Czech: Ezechiel m
• Danish: Ezekiel
• Dutch: Ezechiël (nl) m
• Esperanto: Jeĥezkel
• Finnish: Hesekiel
• French: Ézéchiel (fr)
• German: Ezechiel (de), ( Protestant also) Hesekiel
• Greek: Ιεζεκιήλ ‎(Iezekiíl)
• Hebrew: יְחֶזְקֵאל m ‎(yekhezkel)
• Hindi: यहेज़क़ेल ‎(yahezqel)

• Hungarian: Ezékiel (hu)
• Ido: Ezekiel (io) m
• Italian: Ezechiele (it)
• Japanese: エゼキエル書 ‎(ezekieru sho)
• Latin: Ezechiel (la) m
• Latvian: Ecēhiēl (lv) m
• Maltese: Ktieb Eżekjel
• Maori: Ehekiera
• Norwegian: Esekiel (no)
• Polish: Ezechiel (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ezequiel (pt) m
• Russian: Иезекииль ‎(Ijezekiilʹ)
• Slovak: Ezechiel m
• Slovene: Ezekiel
• Spanish: Ezequiel (es)
• Swedish: Hesekiel (sv)
• Tagalog: Ezekiel (tl) m

prophet

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 以西結, 以西结 ‎(ji⁵ sai¹ git³)

  Hakka: 以西結, 以西结 ‎(Yî-sî-kiet)

  Mandarin: 以西結, 以西结 ‎(Yǐxījié)

  Min Dong: 以西結, 以西结 ‎(Ī-să̤-giék)

  Min Nan: 以西結, 以西结 ‎(Í-se-kiat)

male given name

• Arabic: حِزْقِيَال m ‎(ḥizqiyāl)
• Czech: Ezechiel m
• Danish: Ezekiel m
• Dutch: Ezechiël (nl) m
• French: Ézéquiel (fr) m
• German: Ezechiel (de) m
• Hebrew: יְחֶזְקֵאל m ‎(yekhezkel)
• Ido: Ezekiel (io) m
• Italian: Ezechiele (it) m

• Latin: Ezechiel (la) m
• Latvian: Ecēhiēl (lv) m
• Norwegian: Esekiel (no) m
• Polish: Ezechiel (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ezequiel (pt) m
• Slovak: Ezechiel m
• Spanish: Ezequiel (es)
• Swedish: Hesekiel (sv) m
• Tagalog: Ezekiel (tl) m

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Proper noun

Ezekiel

1. Ezekiel (biblical character)
2. the book of Ezekiel